On Monday October 4, 2021, it was reported that Whatsapp users were having issues loading and communicating with the app.
Following the return, it was reported that Mark Zuckerberg, who owns the platform, lost a total of $7 billion from the issues. Many users also reported that they were unable to access the website as well.
Those who attempted to open the sites on desktop were reportedly being met with a black white page and a message that reads "500 server error".
Wattsapp was one of a dozen apps that were down following the global outage, all of which seem to be back up now. Whatsapp messages were also not reaching their recipients, with sent texts sitting with a clock icon next to them to indicate that they haven't been dispatched.
According to information KNews gathered, reporters have reached out to Facebook for comment but haven't heard anything back prior to publication. According to the website Down Detector, reports of Whatsapp being down surfaced at about 9am, with over 23,000 users facing issues.
44% of users were unable to load the app, 30% had server problems, and nearly 25% could not send messages. It is unclear what led to the outage but the app seemed to be back up and running around 7pm EST.
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